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May 2012

  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 5:25pm

    Scores of passengers on board a luxury cruise liner have had their £2,000 holidays ruined by a sickness outbreak. Around 170 passengers on the Boudicca were hit by the suspected norovirus during its 13-night trip to the Canary Islands. The virus, which causes vomiting and diarrhoea, is highly contagious and those infected were quarantined during the doomed voyage.

    Date Published: 
    21.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Mail Online
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 5:24pm

    On the heels of a report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), FSIS may start examining lymph nodes of cattle for the presence of Salmonella within the next five years.

    Date Published: 
    21.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Meatingplace
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 5:23pm

    Executive Summary

    Date Published: 
    21.may.12
    Source Title: 
    USDA
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:57pm

    New, web-based Label Submission Approval System will offer an alternative means to paper application submission, making label review process faster, cheaper, and more accurate

    Date Published: 
    21.may.12
    Source Title: 
    USDA
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:55pm

    There have been some recent posts in the blogosphere world attributing a list of the ten dirtiest foods that can make us sick to Men’s Health magazine. In researching the issue, it appears Men’s Health ran the story quite some time ago at

    Date Published: 
    21.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Meatingplace
    None  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:54pm

    Date Published: 
    20.may.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Handwashing  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:53pm

    Evan and Jerry head out for a bite and get an unexpected surprise. Tagline sucks, but this advert which first appeared in April and found by Gonzalo last week, is a decent summary of all the toys out there to rate restaurants and their availability. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-NwELf5-lQ

     

    Date Published: 
    20.may.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:53pm

    Generalizations are generally risky. But too often, celebrity doctors focus too much on the hypothetical and not enough on the things that actually make people barf. Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show, and Dr. Mike Roizen, chief medical officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute wrote in a recent column that food safety is a big concern for North Americans.

    Date Published: 
    21.may.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:52pm

    ASHEVILLE -- The number of reported cases in a three-month Buncombe-based salmonella outbreak is still climbing, but health officials say they’re seeing fewer and fewer new cases of the disease each week. The total number of reported cases linked to the outbreak was 83 as of Friday afternoon, 62 of which involved residents of Buncombe County.

    Date Published: 
    19.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Citizen-Times
    Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:49pm

    A toddler is out of the hospital after a bout with E.coli. The one-year-old and his two-year-old brother were both hospitalized at Cincinnati Children's Hospital with the illness. They're from Robertson county. The boys' mother tells us the one-year-old was released Saturday.

    Date Published: 
    20.may.12
    Source Title: 
    WKYT
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:49pm

    Although unconfirmed, the team from Thimphu public health department said the cause of illness among 12 students of Nganglam school on May 13 was water or food borne. The 12 students had complained of high fever, vomiting and diarrhoea, some of whom were admitted to the basic health unit.

    Date Published: 
    19.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Kuensel Online
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:48pm

    KUWAIT -- The municipality has intensified its campaign of surprise inspection and search for expired food and products unfit for human consumption, the director general said yesterday. Ahmad Al-Sebeeh said in a statement that the efforts signal the start of the municipal authorities’ inspection program for the summer season which will cover all the state governorates.

    Date Published: 
    20.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Kuwait Times
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:47pm

    Kota Kinabalu -- Investigations are underway into Friday's food poisoning case at SJK (C) Lok Yuk in Menggatal where pupils consuming the free UHT milk vomited and were sent to hospital.

    Date Published: 
    20.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Daily Express
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:46pm

    Melinda Olson has given her 12-year-old son raw milk for years. When he walked away virtually unscathed from a serious bike accident last year, she credited his healthy diet of raw milk dairy products.

    Date Published: 
    19.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Star Tribune
    Raw Food  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:45pm

    Oregon's dairy industry is revving up for a new fight over raw milk following the E. coli outbreak last month. The Oregon Dairy Farmers Association will gather legislators, producers and perhaps state agriculture officials this summer to discuss a possible crackdown on sales of unpasteurized milk in Oregon. Raw milk producers and consumers won't be invited.

    Date Published: 
    20.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Oregon Live
    Raw Food  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:45pm

    Abstract: Plant essential oils have previously been shown to exhibit antimicrobial activities against various microorganisms. In this study, cold pressed terpeneless Valencia orange oil (CPTVO) was examined at various temperatures (37, 10, and 4 °C) to determine its antimicrobial activity against 3 strains of E. coli O157:H7 recovered from beef products.

    Date Published: 
    20.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Journal of Food Science
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 22nd, 2012 - 4:44pm

    OTTAWA -- The public warning issued on May 19, 2012 has been expanded to include new products and Best Before date codes.

    Date Published: 
    20.may.12
    Source Title: 
    CFIA
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 21st, 2012 - 10:28am

    This would be a stirring endorsement for the Yosemite Sam mudflap industry if they existed for bikes. But mudguards are readily available and are being touted by Norwegian and Swedish researchers as a way to reduce the risk of gastroenteritis related to bicycle races over courses with animal feces and mud.

    Date Published: 
    19.may.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: May 21st, 2012 - 10:26am

    Seasonal eating is easy and a privilege in the sub-tropical climate of Brisbane – it ain’t Canada. Those sweet purple (red) onions, delicious roasted on their own or in many dishes, were $0.19/kg a couple of weeks ago (something shy of $0.09/pound). I’m still feeling good about that deal. And an excellent addition to tonight’s duck stew.

    Date Published: 
    19.may.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Listeria  |  Comments
  • Posted: May 21st, 2012 - 10:25am

    COLUMBIA -- Two South Carolina companies are recalling nearly 7,000 pounds of ground beef that possibly are contaminated with E. coli. The South Carolina Meat Poultry Inspection Department announced the recall on Friday for products from Lancaster Frozen Foods in Lancaster and G&W Inc. in Hickory Grove.

    Date Published: 
    18.may.12
    Source Title: 
    Associated Press
    E. coli  |  Comments